- Budget and Administration
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Responsibilities
- Ensuring appropriate financial, human and institutional resources to deliver on EU objectives and a smooth and swift transition to the long-term EU budget for 2021-2027.
- Leading on the annual assessment of accounts (“discharge process”), to improve the performance of budgetary spending and maintaining the lowest possible error rate.
- Continuing to modernise the Commission by developing a new human resources strategy that can attract, develop and retain highly-qualified staff to deliver on EU priorities.
- Continuing to progress on gender equality at all levels of management and instilling a diverse and inclusive workplace.
- Implementing full digitalisation of the Commission and ensuring that staff have the right digital skills.
- Ensuring the Commission has the right infrastructure to address security threats.
- Overseeing work to protect the EU’s financial interests, including through the implementation of the Commission’s anti-fraud strategy and supporting the European Anti-Fraud Office’s work, while preserving its independence.
- Ensuring seamless cooperation with the European Public Prosecutor’s Office.
Mission letter
- 1 DECEMBER 2019
- Deutsch(556.53 KB - PDF)
European Parliament hearings
- 1 DECEMBER 2019
Transparency
As part of the Commission’s commitment to transparency, Commissioners and their members of Cabinet publish information on meetings held with organisations or self-employed individuals.
- Meetings with Commissioner Hahn
- Meetings with the Commissioner’s Cabinet
- Missions of Commissioner Hahn
In line with the Commission's Code of Conduct for Members of the Commission, each Commissioner publishes a Declaration of Interests.
A signed, authentic version is published at the bottom of this page.
A machine-readable version of all Declarations is also published. This is in line with the requirements of the Code of Conduct.
The Declarations of Interests follow the requirements set out in Article 3 and in Annex 1 of the new Code of Conduct for Commissioners.
Biography
- 2019 - presentEuropean Commissioner for Budget and Administration
- 2014-2019European Commissioner for European Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations
- 2010-2014European Commissioner for Regional Policy
- 2007-2010Minister for Science and Research
- 2003-2007Member of the Vienna regional government
- 1996-2003Member of the Vienna regional parliament
- 1997-2003Board member, later CEO of Novomatic AG
- 1992-1997Executive Director of the Austrian's People Party
- 1989-1992Managerial functions in different areas of Austrian industry
- 1987-1989Secretary General of the Austrian Managers Association
- 1987Doctorate in philosophy from the University of Vienna